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is awarded to Messrs. Sliaw and Tliorbtirn, and was designated by the Com- 

 mittee of Arranj^ements by the letter F. 



Your Committee feels itself l)omid to award a discretionary premium to 

 Mr. VVm. Reed, for tlie |)r(;.-^eiitation of six beautiful self-colored Seedling 

 Dahlias; wliich, liut for non-conformity to the rules regulating the exhibi- 

 tion, would have been entitled to the first |)ren)ium. 



Alany beautiful s|)ecimens for com|)etition were exhibited, which were 

 unavoidably passed over by your conunittee, in consequence of the non- 

 observance of the rules l)y the gentlemen presenting them. 



Liberal presentations of this magnificent flower were made by cidtivators 

 and amateurs, among which stood most consjjicuous those offered by Messrs. 

 Thomas Hogg, Michael Floy & Son, William Reed, William Neal, William 

 Rushton, and Arnold & tlysloj) ; ami your committee take leave to add, that 

 a more splendid display of Floral beauty, in form, tint, and variety, never 

 (in its opinion) greeted the eyes of an admiring audience in this, or perhaps 

 in any otlier country. 



The most extensive collection of beautiful new varieties was sent for exhi- 

 bition, and not for competition, by Mr. George C. Tiiorburn, in which the 

 Queen of the Dahlias stands unrivalled. 



J. K. Hamilton, Chairman. 

 W. R. Cooke. 

 Benjamin McVickar, 

 John J. Palmer. 



Mw York, Oct. 16, 1834. 



The names of the flowers which obtained the premiums are as follows : 



For the first premium awarded to Mr. Thomas Dunlap — Beauty of Bloom- 

 ingdale, Bulow, Dunlap's King of the Yellows, Dunlap's Ranunculifora, 

 Dunlap's Dwarf Yellow, and one not named. 



Those for the third premium, awarded to Mr. John Popayan, were not 

 named. 



For the fourth premium, awarded to Mr. Thomas Dunlap — Widnall's 

 Paragon of Perfection, Dennisii, Coronation, Widnall's Salamander, Hall's 

 Palmyra, King of the Yellows, Queen of the Whites, Mountain of Snow, 

 King of the Whites, Miss Pelhara, Coccinea Speciosissima, and Surpasse 

 Triumphe Royale. 



For the fifth j)remium, awarded to Mr. Thomas Dunlap — Agrippina, Rus- 

 sell's Macniatum, Pygmea, Anna Boleyn, Levick's Incomparable, and 

 Douglass' Augusta. 



For the sixth jiremium, awarded to Messrs. Shaw & Thorburn — Lilac 

 Anemone, Daniel O'Connell, King of the Whites, Levick's Commander-in- 

 Chief, Galantluis, Pavonia, Scarlet Coronation, Lord Liverjmol, Bona Dea, 

 New Scarlet Turban, Achatus, Lady Fitzharris, Richardson's Blush White, 

 Crimson Sliaded, Doughty's Blush, Fulgida Perfecta, Barrett's Susanna, 

 Agri|)pina, Widnall's Aurora, Penelope, Rose Vesta, Levick's Incomparable, 

 Inwood's Dwarf Yellow, Inwood's Rival, IMiller's Invincible, Striata, Doctor 

 Franklin, Foster's Seedling, Douglass' Ricci, Anna Maria, Tricolor, Cocci- 

 nea Mnltiflora, Queen of Wirtemburg, Rosea Alba, L'Amitie, Coiispicua, 

 Bernardiae, Russell's Maculatum, Golden Lotus, Columbine, Widnall's 

 Chancellor, Picta, Neptune, Amanda, Anthonia, Colvill's Perfecta, Pulia, 

 Landgravine, Lady Farnborongh, Helene Striata, Miss Pelham, Douglass' 

 Augusta, Widnall's Salamander, Melancthon, Richardson's Alicia, Queen of 

 the Whites, Chef d' Ouvre, Purpurea Perfecta, Foster's Constantia, Queen 

 of the Yellows, Scarlet Ranunculus, and Countess of Liverpool. 



The flowers [)rcsented by Mr. Wm. Reed, for which a discretionary pre- 

 mium was awarded, were not named. 



A large number o4" flowers were presented by the following persons, and 

 among them were some most beautiful specimens : 



